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Webster 1913 Edition
Dermoptera
‖
Der-mop′te-ra
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] skin + [GREEK] wing.]
1.
(Zool.)
The division of insects which includes the earwigs (
Forticulidæ
). 2.
(Zool.)
A group of lemuroid mammals having a parachutelike web of skin between the fore and hind legs, of which the colugo (
Galeopithecus
) is the type. See Colugo
. [Written also
Dermaptera
, and Dermatoptera
.]